IRAQI KURDISTAN FDC's and PHILATELIC COVERS [Click here to see stamp issues 1993 - 1999] [Click here to see stamp issues 2000 - onwards]

4th JUNE 1993 FDC of FIRST ISSUE Iraq stamp with Kurdish overprint Stamp is Iraq Michel912 - SG1291 with vertical overprint. Enlarged scan shows stamp with overprint Back of envelope	Enlarged scan shows stamp with overprint Erbil cancellation A rare item - very clean FDC £65.00
4th JUNE 1993 FDC of FIRST KURDISH STAMPS ISSUED The first stamps issued in Erbil A rare item - very clean FDC £65.00	< Back of envelope
17th March 1997 Serok Barzani FDC £45.00	11th SEPTEMBER 1993 ERBIL, Capital of Kurdistan FDC £35.00
11th September 1997 Tourism Issue FDC £25.00	21st March 1998 NAWROOZ FDC £25.00

Some notes on airmail covers During 1999 dozens, if not hundreds, of 'philatelic covers' appeared, mostly airmail envelopes, many with the handstamp date 29 December 1999. It was obvious to anyone completely ignorant of Kurdish script that the addresses were written by the same hand, and that many of the envelopes had the same address written on them. Let's just say that it was, and still is, obvious that these covers were prepared for collectors. Many had the same senders details on the back of the envelopes, with an oval handstamp of Salahadin PO.

29 December 1999 - Cover #AM1 Nawrooz, March 1998 Issue with Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00	29 December 1999 - Cover #AM2 Muqdad Beder Khan Anniversary, April 1998 Issue with Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £8.50
29 December 1999 - Cover #AM3 Muqdad Beder Khan Anniversary, April 1998 Issue with Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £8.50	29 December 1999 - Cover #AM4 Muqdad Beder Khan Anniversary, April 1998 Issue with Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £8.50
29 December 1999 - Cover #AM5 Four different values from 1998 Issues with Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £17.50	9 December 1999 - Cover #AM6 Kurdish Costumes set #2, with Mergasur PO. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp. £8.50
27 February 1999 - Cover #AM7 Kurdish Costumes 1ID, 3ID, 5ID stamps, with Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.25	27 February 1999 - Cover #AM8 1ID, 3ID, 5ID stamps, with Mergasur PO. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp. £6.25
23rd Feb 1999 - Cover #AM9 Kurdish Costumes 1ID, 3ID, 5ID stamps, with Salahadin P.O. cancellation and Erbil 23 Feb. 1999 rectangular backstamp £6.25	29 December 1999 - Cover #AM10 Kurdish Costumes 4 x 2 ID stamps Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00 /center>
29 December 1999 - Cover #AM11 Kurdish Costumes 4 x 2 ID stamps Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00	29 December 1999 - Cover #AM12 1999 Flowers 4 x 2 ID stamps with Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00
29 December 1999 - Cover #AM13 1999 Flowers 4 x 2 ID stamps Mergasur P.O. cancellation Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00	29 December 1999 - Cover#AM14 1999 Flowers 5 x 2 ID stamps Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00
29 December 1999 - Cover#AM15 1999 Flowers 4 x 2 ID stamps Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00	29 December 1999 - Cover#AM16 1999 Flowers 4 x 1 ID stamps Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00
29 December 1999 - Cover#AM17 1999 Flowers 1 x 2ID + 3 x 1ID stamps Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00	29 December 1999 - Cover#AM18 1999 Flowers 4 x 1 ID stamps Mergasur P.O. cancellation and Salahadin P.O.oval backstamp £6.00

Some notes on the following covers.
In 2003 there were no official post office vehicles and letters were carried by bus or lorry or UN vehicle travelling to the destination post office.
At the time, the telephone number of the recipient had to be written with the address so that the post office could inform the recipient of the letter's arrival.
The following plain covers have the address written in both English and Kurdish script, and they did actually travel from Erbil to Dohuk in a UN vehicle in 2003.
The Erbil cancellation dates are 13th or 15th July 2001 because the Erbil PO canceller could not advance beyond the year 2001.
The Dohuk arrival handstamp dated 16 July is on the front of all the covers.
As usual, ERBIL, or ARBIL, cancellation was incorrectly shown on the handstamp canceller as ARAIL

15 July 2003 - Cover #UNC1 Erbil to Dohuk. Stamps with Erbil Mail Office 15 July 2001 cancellation and cover with Dohuk 16 July receiving handstamp Address in English & Kurdish £27.50	13 July 2003 - Cover #UNC2 Erbil to Dohuk Stamps with Erbil Mail Office 13 July 2001 cancellation and cover with Dohuk 16 July receiving handstamp Address in English & Kurdish £22.50
15 July 2003 - Cover #UNC3 Erbil to Dohuk Stamps with Erbil Mail Office 15 July 2001 cancellation and cover with Dohuk 16 July receiving handstamp Address in English & Kurdish £22.50	13 July 2003 - Cover #UNC4 Erbil to Dohuk Stamps with Erbil Mail Office 13 July 2001 cancellation and cover with Dohuk 16 July receiving handstamp Address in English & Kurdish £22.50
13 July 2003 - Cover #UNC5 Erbil to Dohuk Stamps with Erbil Mail Office 13 July 2001 cancellation and cover with Dohuk 16 July receiving handstamp Address in English & Kurdish £25.00	15 July 2003 - Cover #UNC6 Erbil to Dohuk Stamps with Erbil Mail Office 15 July 2001 cancellation and cover with Dohuk 16 July receiving handstamp Address in English & Kurdish £22.50
15 July 2003 - Cover #UNC7 Erbil to Dohuk Stamps with Erbil Mail Office 15 July 2001 cancellation and cover with Dohuk 16 July receiving handstamp Address in English & Kurdish £27.50

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